The Kansas Insurance Department will hold a series of informational meetings across the state about upcoming changes in health care under the Affordable Care Act, according to a news release.

The events will include presentations by Linda Sheppard, special counsel and director of health care policy and analysis for the department, or Sandy Praeger, insurance commissioner. Officials will discuss who is affected by the health law and how the online insurance exchange – called a marketplace by government agencies – will operate.

There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

“We won’t be debating the merits of the changes; that’s not our job as employees of the insurance department,” Praeger said in the release. “We just want to make sure that people have all the necessary information to work through the changes put in place by law.”

A new website, www.insureKS.org, will be created to provide additional information. Meetings currently are set for: